Where does “attendance” come from?
Attendance comes from Middle English attendance, from Old French atendance, derived from Old French atendre meaning "to await or tend to," from Latin attendere combining ad- "to" with tendere "to stretch."
attendance (English): The state of attending; presence or waiting upon;...
Definitions
- The state of attending; presence or waiting upon;...
Ancestry of “attendance”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | attendance | — |
| 2 | Old French | atendance | — |
| 3 | Old French | atendre | to wait |
| 4 | Latin | attendō | to pay attention, attend (to), direct the attention towards |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |